1. In the tree pane of the Administrator Console, expand Configuration Manager, right-click Default Device Configuration, and select New > Default Device Configuration to open the Default Device Configuration Wizard.
Figure 100 Default Device Configuration Wizard—Primary Definition tab
2. Use the following guidelines for the Primary Definition tab:
• Select A View For Adding A DDC - Select the View that includes the groups of the devices to which you intend to assign the DDC. After you select a View, the View Hierarchy pane shows the various groups and levels of that View (you can use Expand All Items to display all levels in your View). In the View Hierarchy pane, select the group folder that contains the devices to which you want to assign the DDC.
• Operating System - Select the operating system of the devices to which you want to assign the DDC.
• Media Size - Enter the media size (in MBs) of the devices to which you want to assign the DDC. The WDM script package file for any WDM packages to be used in a DDC must specify the media size value of the intended target devices in the imagesize parameter under the [Version] section of script (for example,
Imagesize=32). For more information on scripts, refer to "WDM ScriptBuilder Tool and Scripting Language."
Tip
For ThreadX devices the Media Size must be 0.
• Qualifying OS Image - Select the image associated with the OS you want to form the basis for the DDC that you want to assign (selecting an image is no longer mandatory, you can select No Image from the list to avoid imaging; simply select the settings and other add-ons without selecting an image). If you do select an image, he image package must be named to correspond with the image number displayed by the Device Manager.
• Remove - The Remove button removes the image associated with the group in a DDC. Use this button to remove the group from the DDC definition.
Tip
You can assign different images and packages to different View folders.
• Enforce Sequence - Depending on whether or not you want the WDM packages that are a part of the DDC to be the only packages allowed for the devices (that is no other packages can be sent to the devices), select or clear Enforce Sequence.
Caution
Selecting Enforce Sequence may interfere with any WDM packages that are sent or scheduled to a device outside the DDC process.
3. After configuring your settings, click Next to open the Software Packages tab.
Figure 101 Default Device Configuration Wizard—Software Packages tab
4. Select the WDM packages in the Available For Selection list that you want to include in the DDC and click Add to move them to the Selected list.
Tip
Use Add and Remove to move as many packages as you want to (and from) the Selected list. Use Select/De-Select All to select or clear all package check boxes in the Available For Selection list or the Selected list. Use Move
UP and Move Down to change the order of the WDM packages in the Selected list. When you move the mouse over the listed software packages, tooltips displays a description of the corresponding package.
5. (Optional) To add different OS images and software packages to specific groups within your view, you can return to the Primary Definition tab and complete steps 2 through 4 for each group you want.
6. After configuring your settings, click Next to open the Options tab.
Figure 102 Default Device Configuration Wizard—Options tab
7. se the following guidelines for the Primary Definition tab:
• Execute DDC:
Select either the Whenever a device checks in option or the Each day at the time specified option for DDC execution (if you select the Each day at the time specified option, be sure to enter or select the time you want).
• Options:
Select the Preserve Data Partition check box if you want to preserve any existing custom data partition you have on the client (outside of the partition used by the firmware).
• Select the Use Non PXE option if you are imaging using Non-PXE.
Tip
The Preserve Data Partition option is only available for use with clients using multiple data partitions totalling 4 GB or larger, allowing you to remove the partition used for custom data that is not write filter protected (this is the custom data partition outside of the partition used for write filter protected firmware).
8. After configuring your settings, click Next to open the Summary tab.
Figure 103 Default Device Configuration Wizard—Summary tab
9. View the Summary tab to ensure that you have configured the DDC the way you want (if not, use Back and make your changes), and then click Finish to open the details pane displaying the newly assigned DDC.
The DDC is identified by its Operating System and Media Size. The next time a device from the View you specified checks-in or is discovered, and meets the Operating System and Media Size criteria, it will automatically be assigned the DDC.
Tip
For information on viewing the Summary of a DDC in your WDM system, see
"Viewing the Summary of a Default Device Configuration."